Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-02-23
WHAT KILLSAMERICANS.
Fast rLivins-Reckless Eatiug-Hard Drinks
. ing-Poor Sleeping-Social Jealousy
Political Ambitior-violeus Passions
The Rnce for Money.

The Rnce for Money.
The alarming disease OF this
country is nervous debility and
prostration. It goes under
many names but it is essen
tally the same complaint.
Hospitals and private institu-
tions for nervous patients are
crowded. The average of Life
in the United States is de.
creasing every year. Sudden
deaths from nervous collapse
among our business, profess
ional and public men are so
frequent as scarcely to excite
remark. The majority of sui
cides, committed without ap-
parent reason, OF under so-called
"depression of spirits" are
really prompted by nervous
prostration, which is a fruitful
source Of insanity and crime
with all their grief and horror.
These facts are startling.
They threaten the very life Of
the nation. They assail the
springs of its power and pros
perity. They wreck manhood's
strength and wolnan's useful
ness and beauty.
Every one should know the
causes. What are theys The
answer is easy and terribly
plain: Our vicious personal
habits; our careless and lawless
eating and drinking; the in.
tense mental an,! physical strain
arising from our mad race after
money, position and influence;
the fears and struggles Of pow
erty; the use Of narcotics and
stimulants; our fashion Of
turning day into night and
night into day; and, briefly,
our desperate willingness to
pay any price for an hours
pleasure or success. So we
burn ife's candle at both ends
and ELL the lunatic asylums
and the graveyards.
The disease from which we
suffer and die is, in plain Eng
lish, Nervor.s 43spepsad, as it
is seated IL the Nerves and In
the organs Of DIGESTION, Assim-
ilation and Nutrition. Ilealthy
digestion being impeded or des-
troyed, the whole bod, nerves
included, is literally starved;
even when there Is no enact
alton to tell the sad story,
Nervous pros4tgation sends
out its warnings headache
in the morning; persistent
dull heaviness OF aching at the
base of the brain: wakefulness;
loss of appstitear.l sljSgustwith
food; loss - M = energy and
interest il o:>ii-s,.v duties and
business; res. es3, y and anx-
iety without. an assignable
eason; ecrctations; bad
breath; foul Mucous on the
teeth; oeeaT..m,a,l giddiness;
palpitation Of the heart; sal
lowness Of the skin; coated
tongue and gradual failure Of
strength and ambition.
The re:a>ly is a total aban-
donment Of tie habits and GUS
toms which cause the disease
in each individual case, and the
use'of Shaker Eatract Of Roots
(Seigel's Syrup to cure the
mischief already done. This
great remedy, prepared by the
Shaker Community Of Mt. Leb-
anon, N. Y, is especially adapt
ed to eradicate Nervous Dys-
pepsia. To do this it acts
directly and gently but power
fully upon the disordered stom-
ach, liver and kidneys, restor-
ing their tone and vigor, pro-
noting the secretion Of bile, ex-
pelling waste matters from the
system, and purifying the blood.
Upon the nervous system
Shaker Eatract(Seigel'sSy Syrup
acts as a safe and wholesome
anodyne without the slightest
narcotic effect, and then leaves
the nerves to regain their nat
ural tone and strength through
its wonderful influence upon
the function OF nutrition.
1t is safe to say more nerv-
GUS dyspeptics have been re-
stored by it from the depths
Of misery to a fresh enjoyment
of life and labor tlian by any
or all other forms of treatment
combined.